Robert McSweeney
@rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org
Senior Science Editor at Carbon Brief, with a fondness for baking and Arsenal FC. All opinions are my own, however dull they might be.
Hi! Yes, we’ll be updating it annually (it’s quite a big job!) Aiming for January.
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hi! Yes, we’ll be updating it annually (it’s quite a big job!) Aiming for January.
Hi, just to confirm: there was no “deal”. We were just informed by Springer (back in 2016!) that we – along with about 200 other outlets – had been added to their “SharedIt” whitelist.
More info here: www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
More info here: www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
SharedIt | Springer Nature | For Researchers | Springer Nature
www.springernature.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hi, just to confirm: there was no “deal”. We were just informed by Springer (back in 2016!) that we – along with about 200 other outlets – had been added to their “SharedIt” whitelist.
More info here: www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
More info here: www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
Thanks. It did come up frequently throughout the conference, but there weren’t sessions dedicated to it (as far as I recall). We do touch on it a bit in the final section, but there was a lot to cover!
July 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thanks. It did come up frequently throughout the conference, but there weren’t sessions dedicated to it (as far as I recall). We do touch on it a bit in the final section, but there was a lot to cover!
Yes, it very obvious when you put them all together: www.telegraph.co.uk/net-zero/
Net Zero
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yes, it very obvious when you put them all together: www.telegraph.co.uk/net-zero/
And then @thetimes.com, revealing its credulity, has followed with its own piece that does exactly the same thing (just 2 hours later):
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Wine prices up 9p a bottle thanks to net-zero ‘glass tax’
Under the ‘extended producer responsibility’, retailers and manufacturers have to pay fees for disposal of packaging they use
www.thetimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And then @thetimes.com, revealing its credulity, has followed with its own piece that does exactly the same thing (just 2 hours later):
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Here's more on the “Packaging extended producer responsibility” scheme: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
I suspect the Telegraph knows that the connection to net-zero is bogus as it only mentions the phrase in its headline & opening line.
Link here: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
I suspect the Telegraph knows that the connection to net-zero is bogus as it only mentions the phrase in its headline & opening line.
Link here: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
Net zero tax to push up price of wine
Standard bottle will cost 9p more and 330ml beer bottle will rise by 4p under levy meant to encourage environmentally friendly packaging
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Here's more on the “Packaging extended producer responsibility” scheme: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
I suspect the Telegraph knows that the connection to net-zero is bogus as it only mentions the phrase in its headline & opening line.
Link here: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...
I suspect the Telegraph knows that the connection to net-zero is bogus as it only mentions the phrase in its headline & opening line.
Link here: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...